Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella on Friday said President Duterte has chosen to acknowledge the P20-B help offered by the Marcoses, as a major aspect of the arranged return of Marco’s assets to the government.

The P20-B store will be utilized as a part of recovery of war-torn Marawi City, as indicated by the official statement released by Malacañang.

Abella said the Department of National Defense (DND) would lead the “Bangon Marawi” recovery effort, which aims to bring back to normal the situation in the strife-torn city as soon as possible.

Earlier, the Duterte administration has assesed and allotted P10-B to rehabilitate Marawi, but the Marcoses doubled the estimate, giving the government P10-B savings.

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“It (rebuilding) should take a minimum of six months and may begin after clearing the city, which should take about at least one to two weeks,” Abella said.

Security forces have been trying to clear Marawi of Maute group terrorists since May 23, the same day Duterte placed the entire island of Mindanao under martial law.

Government troops tried to flush out the Maute group from the city a week ago however neglected to do as such in view of the nearness of a few caught regular folks and the proceeded with resistance of the psychological militants. The Defense Department has said that the Marawi central business district would need to experience "more detailed clearing" to guarantee the safety of citizens.

Among the offices that will join the remaking endeavors are the exchange, instruction, social welfare, open works, vitality and data and interchanges innovation divisions. Military building units will embrace the remaking ventures under the supervision of an undersecretary.

“We assure the people that their government will do everything to ensure normalcy and to deliver services to support the people’s aspirations for a comfortable life,” Abella said.

Meanwhile, BAYAN slams Marcos offer of P10-B help, saying the people should decide where the money should go, and not the Marcoses.

The militant organization also criticized President Duterte for being “soft” with the Marcoses.

“The money should be given directly to the people and not to other agencies”, BAYAN’s Renato Reyes said.